TRIAL OF HESS
RUSSIAN JOURNAL URGES IMMEDIACY GUILTY OF BLOODTHIRSTY CRIMES (llec. 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, October 19. The immediate trial of Hess is urged by 1 Pravda ’ in a leader on the punishment of German war criminals. / “ It is necessary to determine Hess’s present capacity. Is he a criminal, liable to be tried and punished, or is he the plenipotentiary of Hitler in England, enjoying extra-territorial rights? To imagine Hess safe from the judgment of the people’s tribunal for the duration of the war is to close one’s eyes to the crimes of one of Hitler’s most bloodthirsty criminals.”
SCUTTLED BATTLESHIP
GRAF SPEE TO BE RAISED
(Rec. 11.35 a.m.)
MONTEVIDEO, October 19. The Uruguayan Government has authorised a private firm to raise the hull of the scuttled German pocket battleship Graf Spee from the bottom of the River Plate to reclaim the ship’s steel. The Graf Spee has been gradually sinking in mud since salvagers removed the superstructure a year ago.
CHILE ARRESTS AXIS SUBJECTS
(Rec. 11.35 a.m.) SANTIAGO (Chile), October 19.
The newspaper ‘ Lax Hora ’ reported that the police arrested five Axis subjects early to-day, and that police activity was continuing.
MANGHURIAK-SIBERIAN BORDER
(Rec. 11.35 a.m.)
NEW YORK, October 19,
The Tokio official radio announced that strict restrictions affecting residence and travel within tie frontier area had been put into effect along the Manchurian-Siberian border.
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Evening Star, Issue 24330, 20 October 1942, Page 3
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